Adapt vs. Adjust

Adapt vs. Adjust — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Adapt and Adjust

Adaptverb

(transitive) To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit

Adjustverb

(transitive) To modify.

Morimoto's recipes are adjusted to suit the American palate.

Adaptverb

(transitive) To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust

to adapt a story for the stageto adapt an old machine to a new manufacture

Adjustverb

(transitive) To improve or rectify.

He adjusted his initial conclusion to reflect the new data.

Adaptverb

(transitive) To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character

to bring out a play adapted from the Frencha word of an adapted form

Adjustverb

(transitive) To settle an insurance claim.

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Adaptverb

(intransitive) To change oneself so as to be adapted.

They could not adapt to the new climate and so perished.

Adjustverb

(intransitive) To change to fit circumstances.

Most immigrants adjust quickly to a new community.She waited for her eyes to adjust to the darkness.

Adaptadjective

Adapted; fit; suited; suitable.

Adjustverb

alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard;

Adjust the clock, pleasecorrect the alignment of the front wheels

Adaptverb

make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose;

Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country

Adjustverb

place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight;

align the car with the curbalign the sheets of paper on the table
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Adaptverb

adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions;

We must adjust to the bad economic situation

Adjustverb

adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions;

We must adjust to the bad economic situation

Adjustverb

make correspondent or conformable;

Adjust your eyes to the darkness

Adjustverb

decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim